DECISION – MAKING APPROACH OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Pioneered by R.C  Synder and his associates in the 1950s  the model suggests that international events is a function of the wishes and demands of states men and not states,  through decisions made,  whether rational or irrational and their impact on the international environment it also assume that the decisions of this group are  products of conscious efforts based on adequate  knowledge and guided by  skill and  training(available alternative – the   seeming best with less losses and high probability of better successes ).

Moreover,  the growing  personalization   of political power in most past colonial states means that the motivation  and personality of the key leadership  groups are  important domestic  determinants of  foreign policy. This could be deduced   from case  histories and biographical material and from  speeches, statements and remark made by officials and group such  as political parties, interest and  pressure groups,  and  the mass media.